Instructional Strategies For Effective Communication

Field Experience Journal 2: Instructional Strategies for Effective Communication For my Field Experience, I chose to observe at Krahn Elementary, which is a part of the Klein Independent School District. After my approval, I was assigned to four teachers and their classrooms. I observed at Krahn Elementary on six Tuesdays between 15 September 2015 and 27 October 2015, and more or less followed the schedule that was given to me by the Assistant Principal Ms. Shannon Strole. From 8:30 am to 9:15 am I observed Ms. Judy Burkes, who is a third grade Math and Science teacher. Her classroom is comprised of twenty students, which range from average to below average learners and a student with ADHD and another with autism. For most of my†¦show more content†¦From 10:30 am to 11:15, I was with Ms. Janice Bluhms, who is a first grade teacher. Her class is comprised of twenty one students out of which only one female student was being considered to be assessed for emotional and behavioral disorder. The topics being taught in Ms. Bluhm’s classroom throughout m y observation were addition and subtraction. Lastly, on my first and last day of observation from 11:15 am to 12:20 pm, I observed Ms. Jennifer Blankenship, who is a fifth grade Math and Science teacher. Her class had twenty four students and was specifically for the Gifted and Talented students. Even though I was assigned to four teachers, I mostly took notes in Ms. Parker’s class because she was more involved with students of special populations than any other teacher. For this journal, while taking notes I chose to focus on Competency 007 from Domain III, which states that â€Å"the teacher understands and applies principles and strategies for communicating effectively in varied teaching and learning contexts.† While observing Ms. Burke’s third grade class on 13 October 2015, I noticed that while going through the solutions to word problems on fractions with the class on the document reader, Ms. Burkes asked the students to look for their â€Å"Focus Words.† She emphasized that they should circle words like not, remaining, out of, total and each etc. She also reminded students not to be tricked by questions which mentioned the word â€Å"not,† because that could mislead